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10Boundary Commissions: reports etcU.K.

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(1)In the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 (“the 1986 Act”) section 3 (reports of the Boundary Commissions) is amended as set out in subsections (2) to (7).

(2)In subsection (1)—

(a)in paragraph (a), for “paragraphs 1 to 6 of Schedule 2 to this Act (read with paragraph 7 of that Schedule)” there is substituted “ Schedule 2 to this Act ”;

(b)in paragraph (b), the words “(read with paragraph 7)” are repealed.

F1(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)After subsection (2A) there is inserted—

(2B)In relation to any report which a Boundary Commission are required by subsection (2) above to submit before a particular date but have not yet submitted (a “pending boundary report”), the Commission shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Commons—

(a)during the January that begins one year and nine months before that date, and

(b)during each subsequent January,

a report setting out what progress they have made with the preparation of the pending boundary report, with particular reference to the requirement in subsection (2) above.

(2C)On receiving a report under subsection (2B) above, the Speaker shall lay it before Parliament.

(5)Subsection (3) is repealed.

F2(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(7)Subsections (7) and (8) are repealed.

F3(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(9)In Schedule 1 to the 1986 Act (the Boundary Commissions), in paragraph 5(d) (assessor officers of the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland)—

(a)for “and the” there is substituted “ , the ”;

(b)at the end there is inserted “ and the Chief Survey Officer of Land and Property Services ”.

(10)In paragraph 6 of that Schedule (assistant Commissioners)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (1), for the words after “assistant Commissioners” there is substituted “ to assist the Commission in the discharge of their functions. ”;

(b)in sub-paragraph (2), for “inquiry” there is substituted “ matter ”.

F4(11). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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